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A surgical team at the Langone Institute for Transplantation, New York University, USA, says they have successfully performed a groundbreaking experiment: Transplanting a pig kidney into the body of a 57-year-old man with brain death. The kidney then worked for 32 days without being eliminated. It produced urine just 4 minutes after restoring circulation, demonstrating…
The Japanese media “Mainichi Shimbun” reported earlier that local researchers are developing a drug that allows people to grow new teeth, and clinical trials are expected to begin in July next year. Director of Dentistry and Oral Surgery at Kitano Hospital, Dr. Takahashi Katsura, who is in charge of this research project, said that growing…
According to The Guardian, the Symplify study led by the University of Oxford (UK) for the Galleri blood test, which looks for markers of more than 50 types of cancer, suggests it could help speed up diagnosis and screening of patients. at medical facilities. The test looks for fragments of small tumor DNA in the…
The influence of social platforms on young people has been quite controversial for many years. Recently, a school in the United States sued several social platform companies, accusing them of causing a “mental health crisis” for students. The Howard County School District in Maryland recently sued Meta, Google, Snap, and ByteDance, arguing that their social…
Genetic diseases are still quite difficult medical problems to solve, but the advancement of AI technology may bring the answer. Recent studies have tried to use primate DNA to train AI models, and future attempts will be used to analyze human genetic diseases. Scientists first used 233 non-human primate species to sequence the genes of…
A few days ago, a biotechnology company successfully developed FlexLED, a human eye substitute using MicroLED technology. FlexLED can combine thin-film retinal displays and targeted activated retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) to restore vision in patients with photoreceptor degeneration caused by retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, etc. FlexLED is 0.03㎛ thick, can be used wirelessly and contains…
The exact cause of this condition is unclear, but scientists believe it is due to damage to the olfactory epithelium (cells in part of the nose), which protects the olfactory nerve, help people smell the surroundings. According to Dr. Justin Turner, associate professor of otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University, early data suggests that the cells that…
